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<DIV>More on the toxic effects of a 'bad batch'&nbsp;from &nbsp;home
stills:</DIV>
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<DIV>"Historical dangers of moonshine (besides arrest) include the presence of
methanol (a.k.a. wood alcohol) and lead-salts (from lead solder sometimes used
in the construction of the still).&nbsp; Both of these are poisonous:&nbsp;
methanol acts in a few hours and can cause blindness or death; lead builds up
slowly in your body and causes many medical problems."</DIV>
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<DIV>and from moonshine dangers (wikipedia)</DIV>
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<DIV>"When moonshine was made improperly it had very serious effects. When one
drank a “bad batch”of moonshine it caused blindness, paralysis, hair loss, and
death. These effects were caused by consuming too much ethanol. One would
experience similar effects after consuming anything that has a high
concentration of ethanol. Another risk one took when drinking moonshine was,
during the fermentation process, which was usually done in the woods, sometimes
small insects or leaves would fall into the solution. This could cause one to
experience extreme discomfort. The last risk was that sometimes when people
would make it they would add toxins and sometimes even human feces to speed up
the fermentation process. Drinking this contaminated moonshine usually resulted
in the normal problems relating to drinking toxins. One would take a pretty big
risk every time they would drink some moonshine<A class="external autonumber"
href="http://www.useless-knowledge.com/columnists/jamesabisson/article11.html"
rel=nofollow>[5]</A>. "</DIV>
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<DIV>I'd bet it refers to a death related to something like the above because
the effects of methanol and other poisons could&nbsp;induce mental 'derangement'
or 'distemper' before death.</DIV>
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<DIV>Larry</DIV>
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